Coping skills of Olympic Developmental soccer athletes.
Athletes at Olympic Developmental Program (ODP) camps experience unusually high levels of expectations and inherent mental and physical challenges within such a short span of time. With the increasing emphasis on talent development, there has been consensus by the ODP staff to more clearly define pr...
| Published in: | International Journal of Sports Medicine Vol. 29; no. 12; pp. 987 - 994 |
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Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart
Dec2008
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=105591117&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 105591117 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 01724622 NH4 jtl: International Journal of Sports Medicine issn: 01724622 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Dec2008 vid: 29 iid: 12 pid: 4536 pub: Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart artinfo: ui: 105591117 2010126635 10.1055/s-2008-1038679 NLM18548363 105591117 ppf: 987 ppct: 7 formats: tig: atl: Coping skills of Olympic Developmental soccer athletes. aug: au: Meyers MC Stewart CC Laurent CM LeUnes AD Bourgeois AE affil: Sports and Exercise Sciences, West Texas A&M University, Canyon, Texas, United States. sug: subj: Athletes, Elite Psychosocial Factors Coping In Adolescence Pain Prevention and Control Soccer In Adolescence Stress, Psychological Prevention and Control Adolescence Athletic Performance Clinical Assessment Tools Data Analysis Software Descriptive Statistics Internal Consistency Male Multivariate Analysis of Variance Pain Measurement Post Hoc Analysis Psychological Tests Psychology, Sports Statistical Significance Summated Rating Scaling T-Tests Test-Retest Reliability United States Univariate Statistics Human Adolescent: 13-18 years Male ab: Athletes at Olympic Developmental Program (ODP) camps experience unusually high levels of expectations and inherent mental and physical challenges within such a short span of time. With the increasing emphasis on talent development, there has been consensus by the ODP staff to more clearly define present levels of coping skills, in order to enhance athletic prediction, maximize training efforts, identify the predisposition to injury, and focus on areas pertinent to successful performance. This study examined athletic and pain coping skills of U. S. ODP soccer athletes not previously investigated. Following written informed consent, 70 males completed the Athletic Coping Skills Inventory and the Sports Inventory for Pain. Data were analyzed by competitive level (U-14, U-15), and skill position (goalkeeper/defense, midfield/foward). MANOVA indicated a significant main effect across competitive level (Wilks' Lambda F(12,57) = 2.27; p = 0.02; n-beta = 0.915) but no significant effect by skill position (Wilks' Lambda F(12,57) = 0.931; p = 0.523; n-beta = 0.457). Post hoc analyses indicated that U-15 athletes scored significantly higher in concentration (p = 0.01) and body awareness (p = 0.03), but lower in avoidance (p = 0.01) than U-14 competitors. In conclusion, older, more experienced athletes revealed more positive athletic and pain coping skills than younger, less experienced athletes, although athletes in skill positions requiring spontaneous decision-making skills and split-second adjustment in a constantly changing sport environment (forwards, midfielders) did not exhibit more positive athletic and pain coping skills than those positions requiring reaction and protection (defenders, goalkeepers). pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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